. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. The Marismas of Guadalquivir 95 by masses of ducks, liuddled together like dusky islets; while further away several army-corps of geese were striving, W'ith sonorous gabble, to tear up tuberous roots of spear-grass {castanuela) from sun-baked mud. It was a rifle-shot at these last that finally set the whole host on wing—an indescribable spectacle, hurrying hordes everywhere outflanked by the glinting black and pink glamour of flamingoes. Then the noise—the reverberating roar of winos, bleudino- with. '•\ "FLAMINGOES OVER" a babel of croak
. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. The Marismas of Guadalquivir 95 by masses of ducks, liuddled together like dusky islets; while further away several army-corps of geese were striving, W'ith sonorous gabble, to tear up tuberous roots of spear-grass {castanuela) from sun-baked mud. It was a rifle-shot at these last that finally set the whole host on wing—an indescribable spectacle, hurrying hordes everywhere outflanked by the glinting black and pink glamour of flamingoes. Then the noise—the reverberating roar of winos, bleudino- with. '•\ "FLAMINGOES OVER" a babel of croaks and gabblings, whistles and querulous pipes, punctuated by shriller bi-tones, . . we give that up. A long ride in prospect jjrecluded serious operations to-night, but towards dusk we lined out our four guns, and in half an hour loaded up the panniers of the carrier-ponies with nearly three score ducks and geese. An hour before the morning's dawn we were in position to await the earliest geese. Experience had taught the chief flight- lines, and these, over many miles of marsh, were commanded by lines of sunken tubs. These, however, the exceptional conditions had rendered temporarily useless. Our tubs lay miles. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929; Buck, Walter John. joint author. London, E. Arnold
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